Article Photos: Studying bats on Chouteau Island



<p>Brenna Long, 27, from Jackson, Mich., starts to untangle an eastern red bat from the nets put up on Chouteau Island, Mo. on June 13, 2012. Biologists are tracking the Indiana bat this summer at sites in Missouri and Illinois, hoping to gather information that they can use to help boost the endangered species. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, J.B. Forbes) EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER OUT; THE ALTON TELEGRAPH OUT</p>

Brenna Long, 27, from Jackson, Mich., starts to untangle an eastern red bat from the nets put up on Chouteau Island, Mo. on June 13, 2012. Biologists are tracking the Indiana bat this summer at sites in Missouri and Illinois, hoping to gather information that they can use to help boost the endangered species. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, J.B. Forbes) EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER OUT; THE ALTON TELEGRAPH OUT